BEIJING, October 20. /TASS/. China increased imports of Russian pipeline gas by 3.7% in value terms in January-September compared with the same period last year, to $7.57 bln, according to data from China’s General Administration of Customs.

The agency traditionally does not disclose the physical volume of pipeline gas imports. According to the published statistics, Russia is China’s largest supplier of pipeline gas. Turkmenistan ranks second ($6.34 bln, down 2% year-on-year), followed by Myanmar ($1.13 bln, down 4.7%), Kazakhstan ($840.34 mln, down 2.3%), and Uzbekistan ($356.09 mln, down 43.9%).

The value of pipeline gas imported by China from Russia in September was estimated at $1.04 bln, roughly the same as in August.

According to the agency’s statistics, China increased its imports of Russian pipeline gas by 25% in 2024, to $8.03 bln. In 2025, the figure rose by 17.1% to $9.41 bln, while supplies via the Power of Siberia pipeline increased by approximately 25% in volume terms to around 38.8 bln cubic meters.

Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to China in late August and early September 2025, the two countries signed an agreement on annual supplies of 106 bln cubic meters of Russian gas to China.